Hello
I saw last time a man with 3 thick bars (or lines)...Now I don't know if that could be the corrispondend rank of a captain or of a colonel (to be sure I should see if there are thicker bars, and in that case I have seen a captain, or thinner bars, and in that case that man was a colonel).

This officer was not older than 40 and he was coming out from the offices close to the italian-swiss customs.
Maybe I should ask the next time that I will pass the swiss border :lol:
rmboss

the he Swiss have the full rank chart in the homepage of the Grenzwachtkorps. Yes they are following the army system, the highest rank is Brigadier. Im posting a link, to the english version of the chart:

Until the 1950s the highest Swiss Boarder Guard Rank was Major. Around 1955 the Oberstleutnant was introduced. 1994 or before the Oberst was introduced and finally around 2007 the Brigadier which is today still the highest rank.The Stabsadjutant was added in 2000.